FF15 Left Behind/Catching Up (Patreon)

Draiad

"wait, where's *name*"

Kaciart

Gladio has to GRAB him

'Noctis we cant stop!'

Theyre fighting and they hear 'I've got him'

oh the Iggy put an idea into my head

LIKE

Noct tries to emotionally manipulate Gladio to go back

'You don't care about him!! Youre heartless!!!'

Because Gladnis is a thing

OMG

IMAGINE

AHHH

Later when theyre safe and Prom's being looked after Ignis walking up to Noctis and slapping him across the face

'Respectfully your Highness, NEVER do that to Gladiolus again'

Like Gladio came to Ignis after and quietly apologised

But Ignis was like 'Gladio, love this is how it must be.'

Minumi

noct only gets the "your highness" when he's royally FUCKED UP 

imagine even Prom's mad at him for it

Kaciart

yessss

I love it, Noct would be so defensive before admitting he was wrong

Minumi

like a hissy kitten 

before ignis smacks some shame into him 

Kaciart

minu its kind of like your phrase

'at least i show i care'

'DUDE'

Says Prom

which says everything that needs to be said

imagine Students actually got killed

And theres a BUNCH of parents either protesting Nocts place in the school

Or pulling their kids out

like major victim blaming after

Minumi

that would make total sense

prince's presence is endangering their children 

Kaciart

thats the headline in the tabloids

'Who's really to blame here?'

Minumi

give noct a taste of how quick public opinion is to sway against the royals

Kaciart

UH THE ATTACKERS

yessss

Minumi

after the attacks, his dad is also questioning the wisdom of allowing him to stay in classes, suggests he go back to palace tutoring

and while maybe noct was not enthralled with school, he goes nuts at the thought of not being able to see prom on the daily

Kaciart

hes never been friends with someone so vulnerable

Minumi

awww yes that makes sense 

i imagine at this stage of his training, gladio and iggy both regularly kick his ass still 

he's not used to civilian company 

Kaciart

drawing the tie made another chunk of dialogue come to mind

Like Noct tried to justify his actions

Prom would have died if he was left behind

He would have bled out from the injury

And Noctis says as much and Gladio snaps

'Thats what HAPPENS to people Noctis when- wait no'

Like he's not blaming Noctis but its a reality of people in Noctis' level of power

People close to them are much more likely to die as a direct result

Gladio and Ignis have both come to terms with this likelihood

which like with the school situation

would Noctis just agree to be taken out

Minumi

they've had to grow up so fast in order to be what Noct needs ; w; 

Kaciart

because he's thinking 'Maybe Prompto would be safer away from him

Maybe also by this time Ignis and Gladio know Prom well enough to accept that 'yeah PROBABLY would be but is it the best for him? Maybe not'

So theyre not going to turn Prom away

Noct can do what he wants but they'll be friends with Prom

SUCK IT Noct

They also know how good Prom is for Noct so theyre like 'like not to state the obvious dumbass but if youre worried about his vulnerability maybe, I dunno, do something about it???

Prom probably understands too so its like

Stage one was when he was younger and worked on himself to meet Noct at highschool

Stage 2 is to knuckle down and train until hes strong enough for Noct to feel better about him being there

IMAGINE

8D Noct being told he's going to be sparring with some recruits

and yeah a lot of it is the shock but Prom initially wipes the floor with him

Minumi

HOOOOOHHH SECRET SKILLS??

or does noct let him? 

Kaciart

no hes just gobsmacked XD

and Prom doesnt hold back

Because Noct is just defensively fighting him

Until he ends up on his ass more than once

And ahhh i have this image of Noct being like

'This is the OPPOSITE OF WHAT I WANTED'

And he comes at Prom and theres a part where he has prom pinned to the floor and he's like 'SEE' and Proms like 'might want to look down Bud'

And Proms gun is under his ribs

which is faster pulling a trigger or having to draw back for a sword

Minumi

Noct would be both aggravated and aroused

Kaciart

yes XD

and i do feel his MT bg helped him progress

Cors like 'Ive never seen a recruit progress so fast'

Minumi

sublimnal programming coming to life

Kaciart

But Prom is DETERMINED and focused

Minumi

imagine the tabloids catch this image and they twist it to be like, the cowardly prince 

ushered to safety while students DIE

Kaciart

YESSS

When hes literally fighting to get back

omg thats like the REAL problem these days - propaganda 

They select a single image of a whole that spells something totally different

Imagine the Crown after being like 'lets stop these senseless rumours once and for all

and they realease the full CCTV of Gladio having to shake sense into Noct

Dragging him out of there

'That financial aid that all the affected families received??

Nothing to do with the Crown covering up that was all Noctis

Minumi

T AT

a true prince 

Kaciart

Like I imagine anyone sending their kids there had to sign all kinds of waivers and NDAs

Minumi

you dropped this baby 👑

Kaciart

But like the fame and trust that nothing would actually happen had them ignoring it

to be able to say they were a classmate of Noctis is like instanting starting a few rungs up the ladder

Minumi

yeeaaaahhh 

got more than they bargained for 

Kaciart

Like maybe in Regis' time it was just as bad

Do your research

this is jus a very sad aspect to it

Ellaygee

collateral damage comes with the territory for sure

Kaciart

oh alsooo

Imagine after when Prompto realises Noctis isnt going to come back 

Hes like '....why am i putting up with these snobs and STRUGGLING to keep this scholarship in a school of prejudice from all angles'

the kids and teachers

so he talks with Gladio and Ignis and they help him transfer

like he was probably graded WAY harsher than other kids and every mistake pointed out and sneered at

So he goes to a public school and goes from bottom of the class to top

IMAGINE 8D

If the school didnt realise that the only reason all of the funding that was being filtered into it as part of Noctis' enrolment was only continuing while Prom was there

Parmelde

This is like the tenth time tonight Julie said imagine and I'm just like yes please keep going I have not stopped. XD

Kaciart

LOOOLL

SORRY XD

Like the school was paid handsomely to be fitted with security and safety measures

Minumi

so their funding goes with prom 

Kaciart

YESSS

And theyre notified

Prom starts getting letters and calls from the school

'Please come back mister Argentum, we'll look closer at the issues youve presented to us in the past'

Minumi

prom picks a public school, a week later that school gets an anoymous donation that gives the director a heart attack x'D

Kaciart

OMG YES Minu!

He'd be so much more appreciated

OH!

He gets called into the Principals office and he's like 'okay, i got in trouble FAST and i dont even know what i did'

And theyre like 'SO WE'RE PLANNING TO IMPROVE ALL THIS STUFF'

Like renovating the gym thats been hanging on by a thread and theyre like 'we were thinking to name the building after you'

'Oh Gods, please dont!'

getting all new supplies

New books, a canteen update

Minumi

julie, he'd tell them to name it after his friend who was killed

Kaciart

the computer lab getting all new machines

OH

OMG

MINUUU

ahh thats so good

He's such a good bean

Sending pics of his grades to Iggy

the way he was graded in the Private school he'd have barely qualified for crownsguard training

Now he's in the top percentile